People carry a huge banner reading ‘those bullets for everyone of us, heroes never die!’ as they march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 near the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo) For the tens of thousands bearing flowers and tying black ribbons to railings...

Moscow (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people marched in central Moscow to honour the memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the Kremlin in the highest-profile assassination during Vladimir Putins rule.A sea of grim-faced supporters, holding Russian flags and Nemtsov portraits, marched in the drizzle from a packed...

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Geneva International airport, Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Geneva. (AP photo) US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting his Russian counterpart for likely highly contentious talks amid continuing tensions over Ukraine and American calls for a full probe into the murder of a prominent opposition figure in...

DONETSK (AFP) – The entrance to the former perfume shop on a busy street in Donetsk now features a Kalashnikov-toting guard, a clear sign of the clandestine nature of the premises new business.Inside visitors find a fully-fledged black market cashiers operation — one of many now serving residents of this rebel hub who have been unable...

MOSCOW: The head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee Alexei Pushkov on Sunday denounced a cartoon published in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on the truce in Ukraine as “abominable”. The drawing, entitled ‘Ceasefire: boredom sets in in Donetsk’, depicts the inhabitants...

The sleek stadium, built six years ago and host to some of Europe’s biggest soccer matches, is silent. It sits in the middle of the city of Donetsk, a war zone controlled by pro-Russian separatists battling Ukrainian troops.The $425 million Donbass Arena now serves as a depot and distribution point for supplies of humanitarian aid.With...

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia’s deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared a year ago this week carrying...

People carry a huge banner reading ‘those bullets for everyone of us, heroes never die!’ as they march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 near the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo) For the tens of thousands bearing flowers and tying black ribbons to railings...

Dozens of protesters rallied in New York City on Sunday near the Russian permanent mission to the United Nations to denounce the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, despite fear of reprisals to themselves or family members back in Russia. Protesters, most of them of Russian or Ukrainian origin, held photographs of the slain opposition leader....